Throng

Here's a summary of how the new Kiwi shows of 2009 have fared based on episodes screened to date...

So, I have been watching that Maxshop TV ad where the models are lip syncing to Blondies "Call Me".

When I thought the blonde model looked a lot like Sierra from the last season of Survivor.

So I went over to IMDb to see if there was any info to my pondering.

When I noticed THIS!...

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3256000/

Scroll down a tad to her acting credits.

She wasn't in DI was she? I watched all the episodes and I don't remember an American actress.

Can someone confirm I am wrong?

And does anyone know who the models are on the Maxshop TV ad just curiously?

Highlights

It's all about the return of Outrageous Fortune on June 2 in View this week.  There's a recap of what's happened to date and why the show is dubbed "the best television New Zealand has ever made."  The show averages 770,000 viewers - the second-highest-rating-peak-time series after Desperate Housewives.

The West Family Album will be published in August which includes a drinking game, quiz, photos, interviews and all sorts of little details.

Season 5 has Eric back, more babies, wedding bells and Detective Sergeant Gerard will shake things up.  Gary won't be back but there will be new character called Angel, a Suzanne Paul cameo and some very traumatic moments.

NZ on air is yet to make a decision on funding a sixth season of the show but James Griffin has confirmed a sixth season would be the last.

News

For once, it is Kiwi diplomat Leighton (Craig Parker) who must try to save the Fe’ausians from their own greed in local comedy Diplomatic Immunity (tonight at 10pm on TV ONE). The Fe’ausians plan to sink all the money they have made from phosphate mining Kakapu Atoll into an extremely dodgy West End musical.

Of course, most of the staff at the Auckland embassy of The Most Royal Kingdom of Fe'ausi get bitten by the theatrical bug and want roles in the musical, whose show-stopping numbers include, naturally, a big fat finale called Knocked The Bugger Off.

In this week's WW, Dave Fane (Jonah, Diplomatic Immunity) announces his engagement to Bronwyn Bradley (Gwen, Go Girls).

The pair have three children, have been together 15 years and will marry later this year.

Dave says he "wanted [the proposal] to happen while Bron was doing the most mundane, boring thing... so it would be memorable!"  so he asked her while she was folding washing!

"For me, having a wedding is a way of saying to Bron that there are lots of things I love about her, and that I'd like us to be this way forever."

Pouring over the Sunday papers so you don't have to and condensing their TV coverage down to:

The two big TV stories:

• Ronan Keating will perform on the Dancing with the Stars final
• Mikey Havoc and Claire Chitham have officially separated

Shortland Street:

• Shortland Street has been filming in Rarotonga for the last three weeks.
• Robbie Magasiva (The Strip, Sione's Wedding) will be appearing on the show.
• Bonnie Soper (Morgan) talks to the Herald on Sunday about her role as surrogate mother.

Dancing with the Stars:

Well episode two is supposed to be on at 10pm tonight, but i'm guessing it won't start until about 10:12 like last week. Anyone else else want to make a guess before it airs.